CoM Moderators Posted January 17 Posted January 17 Historical Events 1827 - Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander 1863 - Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia 1937 - LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins inaugural event by 3 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby 1972 - Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard 1983 - 10th American Music Awards: John Cougar, Rick Springfield, and Olivia Newton-John win More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1501 - Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and botanist (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants) for which the flowering plants and color Fuchsia is named after, born in Wemding, Bavaria (d. 1566) 1905 - Franz Schmid, German climber (1st to ascend northside of Matterhorn 1931), born in Garmisch, Germany (d. 1992) 1960 - John Crawford, American bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away), born in Palo Alto, California 1961 - Brian Helgeland, American screenwriter (L.A. Confidential) and director (A Knight's Tale), born in Providence, Rhode Island 1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress (Almost Famous; Elf; New Girl), and singer (She and Him), born in Los Angeles, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1882 - Alexander Bullock, American lawyer, politician, and 26th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 65 1990 - Charles Hernu, French politician (Minister of Defense, 1981-85; Mayor of Villeurbanne, 1977-90), and environmental antagonist, dies at 66 1996 - Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953) 2013 - Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52 2014 - Francine Lalonde, Canadian politician (Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île), dies of cancer at 73 More Famous Deaths »
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